First sale doctrine and the Copyright act of 1976 (Score 1)

These guys know darn well that their desire to control tertiary sales of books goes against the "first sale doctrine" as codified in the revision to the US Copyright Act of 1976. They seem to be seeking DMCA or UCITA type protection for published works. Scary concept at best, and if we don't activly elect representives that oppose this kind of draconian control of information, we will get what we deserve. I should also point out that once that pandora's box is opened, it will be the authors squeeling like stuck pigs when the publishers finish crafting the legislation in ways that allow then to nail the authors in ways similar to the ways the recording industry has been trying to nail the recording artists for the past several years...